Kenosha High School - Spy Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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IHE sPY '? i roR1Q27 IIII1-lif IIIl X W Jar Wifi! f w MANUAL ARIS HOML ECONOMICS The Spzrzf of Kenosha Hzgh School N rll-HS l7l1Cf 1'ct1ospcct of Kenosha Hlgh School Clllllllg the p 1st hf tccn yca1s, o11e IS p1 ompted to cc11tc1 h1s thoughts p11n1 Illly tbout thc Splllt of the school CD11C,S thoughts I1 LtL11 ally lull back to the t1n1c when th1ee hu11d1 ed students met togethe1 111 a bulldlllg whe1e 11ume1 ous 1ooms were occup1ed by eleme11t11y classes and whe1e, though the Illlllgllllg of 1 v'111ety of ages and statu1es, phys1cally a11d mentally fu1111shed OppO1 tu111ty fO1 the growth of sympathy a11d u11de1stand111g, yet the COl1d1f1011S WC1 e 11Ot best su1ted to the development of h1gh school Splllt and h1gh school 1I1fC1CSfS But 11urnbe1s soon 1ncreased to the po111t where the bu1ld111g was devoted solely to h1gh school classes and an 111st1tut1o11al co11sc1ous11ess soo11 began to mamfest 1tself 1n loy1lt1es to classes and orga111zat1ons, and finally 111 an 1I1C1CE1S1Hg dCVOf1011 to general school concerns a11d 111terests Athlet1c compet1t1o11, debat111g a11d declamatory CO11tCStS began to stn' school sp11'1t , Wllllllllg teams won mo1e and H1016 e11thus1'tst1c suppo1t L11ge1 g1oups WCIC 11ow go111g away to school, n1o1e 'lluflllll WCIC retu111111g to V1S1t and boost forthe school And old K H S was beg11111111g to hnd 1tself O11 the map The bpv was rebo111 Both 1ssue a11d annual we1e he11t1ly SLlppO1 ted by the school and the commu111ty O1ChCSf11 and glee clubs came 1IltO be 1110 Publ1c speak111g was 1l1t1OdllCCd 111fO the CL11I'1Cl1lLlIT1 a11d I1Ot o11ly gave the students ffilllllllg 111 the out of 0111 CXQICSSIOII, but created OppO1tL1I11ty fO1 VO1C1I1g school sD1r1t a11d SCIlUI1'1C11tS of school loyalty The school co11t111ued to gl ow 111 11L1IHl7Ll s, the 11un1be1 of te1che1s lI1C1L,Z1SCCl, new subjects WCIC 111 t1oduced 111t0 the Cl1I'11Cl1lL1H1, st'111d11ds of wolk . ' . 5 x- fk . ul 'ui 1- . fe-ss ' , . ' 5 1- 7 . 5 I lf' ZFE tv-ew ' rm A tgcaf y 15 ,uri 1 1 r. xx' ' fox 'K 1 LA 1' ' X ' QQ f-Y, 1112.-., l'1,1z,b 41.2 ,. tif ' ., .1 3 if 11 IWT. 'Lfl Vx .. ' . 1 ,t 7 e n - 1 , . . , . . . A . . , , . . . , , . - L 1 1. . 1.1 1, .N . . s 1- - . 2 . 2 1 . . . . C . . K , . . . . . . . . . . C . L . I . . c 4 A ' 4 c , ' '- , c L lc 1 . c c c c . . . . . . c . 1 C ' C . . C . l L . . . . . . C . . 4 . , . . . c 1 c . ' S -1 L A . 1 V ' C' ' - 1 L - c c ' ' L 4 c . .. ' ,.- . . . . . -1 s . . .c , . . K K . E19

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2 THE sPY FOR IQ27 FINE ARTS-PUBLICj-SPEAKING-MUSIC one of which may be in the pool Where careful instruction is given in swim- ming and in life-saving exercises. Volunteer teams represent the school in all forms of athletics, and the generous collection of trophies Won attests the success of their efforts. The Nlanual Training and Domestic Arts Departments are provided for in the Junior High School building situated on the adjacent block. The beautiful auditorium, with a capacity of 1500 and a fully equipped stage, serves as high school assembly, a medium for school presentations and a center of the civic life of the city which finds here a gathering place for lectures, concerts and other activities. The long years of Waiting and hoping have found their fulfillment in this realization of dreams, of which the Kenosha High School and Kenosha citizens are justly proud. G. F. Looivrrs, Superintendent l13l

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il' J THE SPY I- 'll FOR 1927 mlnl: :l:l ZANDEF2 MIT? BAUEQ PHYSICAL TRAINING were bettered, greater recogn1t1on was YOLlCl1S'1fCCl by schools 1n ne1ghbo11ng c1t1es bette1 repox ts came back from those who Went away to colleges And p11de 111 the school began to assert xtself Flnally, the numbers became so great that we were tread1ng on each others toes xn the effo1t to get about when the whole school was pass1ng I became necessary to IIICFCEISC the fac1l1t1es OI decrease the numbers and out of th1s d1lemma gl ew the Jumor H1gh School The poor downtrodden, un pr1v1leged freshmen were transferred f1 om the I-Ilgh School, where they were the most 1gnoble and least respected members of the g1oup, to a new realm where they became the lords of creat1on Iior a trme the1e was rellef and room to l1ve and move and have our be1ng But soon the numbers had 1nc1 eased agaxn to whe1e 1Cl1Cf must 'lgalll be had and a SOlLlf1OI1 was found 111 the establlshment of annexes, one after another unt1l there VSCIC th1 ee By th1s t1me the need for a new h1gh school bu1ld1ng had become so 111 S1S'fC11'C that plans were undertaken to supply the need School oH:1c1als, Board of Educauon c1ty ofhclals and the fathers and mothers of the com mun1ty became gradually possessed of the splend1d xdea that Kenosha should have a new h1gh school plant, that If should be so planned that It could be made to take care of the needs of the school for years to come, and that 1t should be one of the best bu1lt and finest plants that could be bu1lt Hlgll School SP'11t and pr1de and enthuslasm had taken possesslon of the whole c1ty Nothmg should be too good 111 the bu1ld1ng of the temple that was to house that splend1d 1nst1tut1on, the old K H. S , fust free publlc h1gh school 111 the west, whose t1ZlCl1t1011S had developed under the hlghest - D . . I . X11 . vu , '- Yife. ' 'H l 1. Wm , 'f J , I l TF? ,ni 4 . fy if ' ' ' c 7 .c - A J . ' c . . S ' 1 c ' ' L . f c ' ' c . - 5 . 1 c . 4 c ' . c . . L c lc ' . 1. , L 4 ' J , . . . Y I J J c , ' c L . c . 201